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any ties to freddie mac could turn off voters. james rosen in d.c. tonight. what about newt gingrich's charges that mitt romney owns stock in fanny and freddie. >> campaign aides are saying romney's investments in fannie and freddie are bonds and not stocks part of a mutual trust placed in a blind trust. between 10 and $30,000 tops. for speaker gingrich to try to equate 1.6 million payout to freddie mac to commonly held mutual funds that many millions of americans owns says romney's spokeswoman andrea saul is laughable. managed on a blind basis so a trustee not the romneys makes the investment decisions. just a few minutes ago, shep, fox news obtained another of the gingrich freddie mac contracts. i believe the year on this one is 1999. it goes into greater specificity than the other one we received as to what gingrich was expected to do and the group was expected to do for freddie mac listing strategic advice consulting on public policy issues again no issue of lobbying. >> shepard: got heated between the two frontrunners as to w
any ties to freddie mac could turn off voters. james rosen in d.c. tonight. what about newt gingrich's charges that mitt romney owns stock in fanny and freddie. >> campaign aides are saying romney's investments in fannie and freddie are bonds and not stocks part of a mutual trust placed in a blind trust. between 10 and $30,000 tops. for speaker gingrich to try to equate 1.6 million payout to freddie mac to commonly held mutual funds that many millions of americans owns says romney's...
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gingrich's enterprises had with freddie mac. it's been posted on a web page for the center for health transformation and that's one of mr. gingrich's former entities, it was a 2006 contract and there have been others, but this is one, this is the company that mr. gingrich separated himself when he formally declared his presidential campaign in may of last year and the documents posted now on the web just hours before the next dehe bait. >> and this is just breaking now, gingrich said along the way that he was acting in his roll as a historian and many in his own party, well, frankly kind of laughed at that. >> well, mitt romney has said that newt gingrich is clearly a lobbyist and if it looks like a duck, talks like a duck, it probably is, because mr. gingrich was talking to a client and member of congress and romney campaign asserted that's no way that's not lobbying. and the debate credited to picking up a former bachmann staffer something of a debate prep expert and a lot of the former campaign are now seeing their staffers t
gingrich's enterprises had with freddie mac. it's been posted on a web page for the center for health transformation and that's one of mr. gingrich's former entities, it was a 2006 contract and there have been others, but this is one, this is the company that mr. gingrich separated himself when he formally declared his presidential campaign in may of last year and the documents posted now on the web just hours before the next dehe bait. >> and this is just breaking now, gingrich said...
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. >> we discovered to our shock governor romney owns sreres of both fannie ma and freddie mac. >> you have checked your own investments? u also have investment in mutual funds that also invest in fannie mae and freddie mac. >> bill: money may be weighing down the republic candidates. lou dobbs on whether questionable investments will sink the g.o. in november. >> you wt after pretty hard and heavy my dear friend papa bear bill o'reilly. okay? [ laughter ] you attacked him in an interview. >> i didn't realttack him. >> bill: she really did attack me. now she is not telling the truth on national television. we'll update you on npr commentator kerry groce. >> he says that the interview was 40 minutes of defamation. >> bill: caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. captions by closed captioning services elderly women disproportionately. it might be that romney comes across more presidential and maybe smoother i don't know. something big changed. the most likely something is mrs. gingrich. >> bill: morris, wait, take a deep breath. deep, blow out. okay
. >> we discovered to our shock governor romney owns sreres of both fannie ma and freddie mac. >> you have checked your own investments? u also have investment in mutual funds that also invest in fannie mae and freddie mac. >> bill: money may be weighing down the republic candidates. lou dobbs on whether questionable investments will sink the g.o. in november. >> you wt after pretty hard and heavy my dear friend papa bear bill o'reilly. okay? [ laughter ] you attacked...
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mac freddie. >> given his closeness from fannie mae and freddie mac inconceivable he could be fair to write a bill and protect the taxpayers. john mccain should have said obama are you pretaryed to give back the money freddie mac and fannie mae gave to you? >> experts say the activities similar to lobbying likely did not meet the legal definition of it. >> you have to meet with a federal government official and spend 20% or more of your time lobbying or doing lobbying activity and spend certain money in three-month period lobbying. >> gingrich accused romney of owning stock in fannie and freddie but they said it was a bond. with no controlled buy or little yield for romneys. romney offered reward for anyone who can produce the remainder of the gingrich freddie mac contract. james rosen, fox news. >> bret: we'll preview the "state of the union" address when the fox all-stars join me after a break. >>> based on what i read about the "state of the union" speech it sounds like it will be a rerun of what we heard in the last three years. more spending, higher taxes, and more regulation. th
mac freddie. >> given his closeness from fannie mae and freddie mac inconceivable he could be fair to write a bill and protect the taxpayers. john mccain should have said obama are you pretaryed to give back the money freddie mac and fannie mae gave to you? >> experts say the activities similar to lobbying likely did not meet the legal definition of it. >> you have to meet with a federal government official and spend 20% or more of your time lobbying or doing lobbying activity...
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freddie mac has a trading arm. remember, this used to be a business back in the day before taxpayers bailed out freddie mac. so of course they're trying to leverage themselves, leverage investors to make profits but it's the way that they're doing this has raised some serious eyebrows. this is a study, an investigation that has been done. no response from freddie mac but treasury and the administration, jay carney, says they're looking into this because you've got an organization on one hand saying we want to help the homeowner on the other hand betting against the homeowner. they can't refinance. it just looks bad. may be legal, jon but it looks bad. jon: that's the question, are they doing anything wrong here? >> they're following the letter of the law because as freddie mac was structured and freddie mac that used to be, again a private enterprise, they are within their rights. having said that, and they say, according to freddie mac these are separate arms. this is separation of church and state at freddie mac.
freddie mac has a trading arm. remember, this used to be a business back in the day before taxpayers bailed out freddie mac. so of course they're trying to leverage themselves, leverage investors to make profits but it's the way that they're doing this has raised some serious eyebrows. this is a study, an investigation that has been done. no response from freddie mac but treasury and the administration, jay carney, says they're looking into this because you've got an organization on one hand...
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gingrich and freddie mac. here's an excerpt from last night down in tampa. >> we have congressmen who also say that you came and lobbied them. >> i didn't lobby them. >> you have congressmen that say you came and lobbied them with regards to medicare part d. >> whoa, whoa. >> at the same time your center was taking contributions -->> just jumped a long way over here, friend. >> another area of influence peddling. >> no. no. now, let me be very clear because i understand your technique which you used on mccain and you've used on huckabee and used consistently. ok. it's unfortunate and it won't work very well because the american public are going to see it. it's not correct to see public citizenship as lobbying. every citizen as the right to do that. >> here's what's the problem, mr. speaker. that is if you're getting paid by health companies, if your entities are getting paid by health companies, that could benefit from a piece of legislation and you then meet with republican congressmen and encourage them to s
gingrich and freddie mac. here's an excerpt from last night down in tampa. >> we have congressmen who also say that you came and lobbied them. >> i didn't lobby them. >> you have congressmen that say you came and lobbied them with regards to medicare part d. >> whoa, whoa. >> at the same time your center was taking contributions -->> just jumped a long way over here, friend. >> another area of influence peddling. >> no. no. now, let me be very...
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made money from freddie mac. the very institution that helped stand behind the huge housing crisis and here in florida, if you're part of the housing crisis, you're probably not going to get elected president. >> and just to be fair, i mean, they're both mudslinging at each other. who has the upper hand as far as the negative ads? mitt romney. he has so much more organization and money so i forget what the numbers are but it's something like 3-1 as far as the ads. coming up on the show, we'll talk to an ads specialist and he'll break that down for us as well as newt gingrich is going to be here and rick santorum in the 7:00 hour. >> you can look at -- there's the candidates right there. you can look, the proof is in the pudding. it's about getting the most votes and although we don't like to talk about the polls, you heard yesterday that they were leaning substantially for mitt romney. >> right. president obama using the google yesterday. >> the google. >> having give and take about jobs and when one woman decide
made money from freddie mac. the very institution that helped stand behind the huge housing crisis and here in florida, if you're part of the housing crisis, you're probably not going to get elected president. >> and just to be fair, i mean, they're both mudslinging at each other. who has the upper hand as far as the negative ads? mitt romney. he has so much more organization and money so i forget what the numbers are but it's something like 3-1 as far as the ads. coming up on the show,...
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when freddie mac was involved in contributing in mr. romney's view to a housing collapse. there is an ongoing battle of documents here, and it's not going to stop, and it's also going to only amplify the real anger between these two candidates as they question one another's character and integrity with these two things. what both campaigns are hammering here is the character behind each individual that raises the questions. martha. martha: indeed they are. that's why they call this the vetting process, and the vetting is sort of heavy right now. carl, thank you very much. carl cameron joining us this morning as usual at the top of the 10:00 hour. we turn our attention to rick taoeurl, a former spokesman to gingrich. he is now with the winning our future political action mitty that supports the former house speaker. good to have you today. >> good morning, i'm happy to be here. martha: did you find anything in mitt romney's tax returns that concerns you? >> the one thing that does concern me, i'm glad that he disclosed them. he's probabl
when freddie mac was involved in contributing in mr. romney's view to a housing collapse. there is an ongoing battle of documents here, and it's not going to stop, and it's also going to only amplify the real anger between these two candidates as they question one another's character and integrity with these two things. what both campaigns are hammering here is the character behind each individual that raises the questions. martha. martha: indeed they are. that's why they call this the vetting...
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mac, and as mitt romney said this morning if he did invest in freddie mac that's money what was given to speaker gingrich and he needs to give it back to taxpayers. bill: you know this issue will likely come up in this debate tomorrow night on thursday evening. how is governor romney going to respond to that? >> governor romney will point out the truth, which is his assets have been made on a blind basis and speaker gingrich earned $1.6 million as a lobbyist for freddie mac. speaker gingrich says he produced these contracts that showed his work. they left more questions than they did answers. of it doesn't tell anything he's done knee told us a few moments ago that he was a rally in naples, florida, last night, that is the southwestern part of the state, strong republican territory that went for mitt romney four years ago, he says he had 6,000 people at one rally. why do you think he's catching on like this? >> we've had thousands of people at our rallies. voters are interested in the process. i think it's great that we do have a process that is bringing republican voters in so that o
mac, and as mitt romney said this morning if he did invest in freddie mac that's money what was given to speaker gingrich and he needs to give it back to taxpayers. bill: you know this issue will likely come up in this debate tomorrow night on thursday evening. how is governor romney going to respond to that? >> governor romney will point out the truth, which is his assets have been made on a blind basis and speaker gingrich earned $1.6 million as a lobbyist for freddie mac. speaker...
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fannie mae and freddie mac. >> i know fannie mae and freddie mac were a big part that we have the housing crisis that we have. we had this discussion before. speaker gingrich was hired by freddie mac to promote them. to influence other people throughout washington wash, encouraging them not to dismantle these two entities. that was an enormous mistake. instead, we should have had a whistle blower and not a horn tooter. >> is he calling newter a tooter? horn tooter? he is. >> i don't know. at some point, you got to wonder if the people are tired of going over these same topics over and over again. >> i blame the moderator. these are the questions that were brought up. this is two days after the state of the union. it should have been about the economy. it should have been about the future. but instead it was like your ad was this and your ad was that. we heard newt gingrich and both mitt romney saying hey, listen, i thought it was really, you know, we had heard from newt the other day on this program about, you know what, mitt romney? you've been making money off of freddie and fannie and
fannie mae and freddie mac. >> i know fannie mae and freddie mac were a big part that we have the housing crisis that we have. we had this discussion before. speaker gingrich was hired by freddie mac to promote them. to influence other people throughout washington wash, encouraging them not to dismantle these two entities. that was an enormous mistake. instead, we should have had a whistle blower and not a horn tooter. >> is he calling newter a tooter? horn tooter? he is. >> i...
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mac, and, mitt romney says, you had the same mutual funds that invested in fannie mae and freddie mac and it was stunning, the whole night was. >> you almost saw newt say, the wonderful character, gilda radner, never mind, that is what i thought. >> jeanine: finally, if gingrich doesn't win florida is he done? >> no. he's not done. but neither is santorum and ron paul and, as of now, nobody has more than 33 delegates and it takes 1144 to win the nomination, we're a long, long way and now here's the reality, if he wins florida, it is a winner take allstate and, most of the february calendar favors romney, places like michigan and nevada where he'll do very, very well. and means the other candidates have to stay on their feet for february and give them a reason to put them in the game, starting in march. >> jeanine: let's assume mitt romney ends up the candidate. he scores better against barack obama than any other candidates. but, how is he going to defeat barack obama if he can't get 50% of the base? >> i think that that is... not a figure you have to worry about, republicans, care ab
mac, and, mitt romney says, you had the same mutual funds that invested in fannie mae and freddie mac and it was stunning, the whole night was. >> you almost saw newt say, the wonderful character, gilda radner, never mind, that is what i thought. >> jeanine: finally, if gingrich doesn't win florida is he done? >> no. he's not done. but neither is santorum and ron paul and, as of now, nobody has more than 33 delegates and it takes 1144 to win the nomination, we're a long, long...
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and of course newt gingrich was working for freddie mac. he said he was an historian but he got paid 1.7 million. i don't believe he was an historian. he was out speaking up freddie mac. and that was an enormous mistake. and contributed to the crisis that is here. and finally with regards to health care i know something about making health care work more like a market. i understand how markets work. i believe the people here in florida will give me the boost i need to go onto the next few states and get delegates i will need to become our nominee. bill: you demanded newt gingrich on saturday to release paperwork he did on behalf of fran any and freddie. what do you think is in that paperwork? >> woe just don't know. with newt gingrich it is october surprise every day. let's make sure we understand what was in the work product that he was providing to freddie mac. what was the contract? what did they pay him for? you don't pay someone $1.7 million to write your history. did he write the history? let's see the work product? did he lay out the
and of course newt gingrich was working for freddie mac. he said he was an historian but he got paid 1.7 million. i don't believe he was an historian. he was out speaking up freddie mac. and that was an enormous mistake. and contributed to the crisis that is here. and finally with regards to health care i know something about making health care work more like a market. i understand how markets work. i believe the people here in florida will give me the boost i need to go onto the next few...
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gingrich will release contracts with fannie mae and freddie mac tomorrow. is this a good thing. get it out early? >> absolutely. absolutely. with those tax returns, i know that the minute i was called to run for vp with john mccain, congress called to start producing all of our financial records. all of those tax records. that is the name of the game, whether its law or not. it is tradition. it's an expectation, that transparency. mitt romney obviously now has taken kind of that pressure to heart and now he is going to release his tax returns. newt gingrich's contract also with working with bureaucracy. more transparency the better because that in itself allows that con trat what the gop offers and how we want to benefit the electorate with as much information as possible with that lack of transparency in obama administration that has harmed our nation swnrees as we look at the results from the south carolina. they draw the kitchen sink newt prior to this. i look at the exit polls. rank and file republicans went gingrich. those who support the tea party or neutral toward the tea
gingrich will release contracts with fannie mae and freddie mac tomorrow. is this a good thing. get it out early? >> absolutely. absolutely. with those tax returns, i know that the minute i was called to run for vp with john mccain, congress called to start producing all of our financial records. all of those tax records. that is the name of the game, whether its law or not. it is tradition. it's an expectation, that transparency. mitt romney obviously now has taken kind of that pressure...
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he put a freddie mac lobbyist commercial attacking me. his campaign manager worked for company that got $12 million from fannie mae and freddie mac to stop the regulations. he surrounded by senior advisors who are lobbyists for fannie mae and freddie mac. the absolute goal of mitt romney surrounding himself with all these lobbyists, owning stock in the company and then fabricate ago charge which is factually false i think demeans the entire process of running for president. >> sean: i asked romney this and the ethics charges i know it took three years but you were exonerated of every charge? >> right. this is why you have the facts. okay? the senior counselor to the ethics committee has said flatly what romney is saying isn't true. if you go back and read the record. by the way, all 1300 pages are available online. you go back and read the record, find out i never paid a fine. i paid the expense of the investigation because my lawyer made a mistake. every one of 84 charges was thrown out. a u.s. judge said i was right. federal election sa
he put a freddie mac lobbyist commercial attacking me. his campaign manager worked for company that got $12 million from fannie mae and freddie mac to stop the regulations. he surrounded by senior advisors who are lobbyists for fannie mae and freddie mac. the absolute goal of mitt romney surrounding himself with all these lobbyists, owning stock in the company and then fabricate ago charge which is factually false i think demeans the entire process of running for president. >> sean: i...
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i don't own stock in either fannie mae or freddie mac. there are bonds that the investor has held through mutual funds. i know that sound like an enormous revelation, but have you checked your own investments? you also have investments in mutual funds that also invest in freddie mac and fannie mae. martha: that was the moment last night, in every one of these debates there seems to be a moment that lives on, a clearly uncomfortable moment for newt gingrich. joined by doug hye, a form rnc communications director. doug, who won that? >> no doubt it was romney. it reminded me of almost a scene from rocky, where mitt romney is rocky balboa absorbs punch after punch and returns fire to the point that if not a knockout certainly puts him in a great condition to win in florida on tuesday. it was the right debate at the right time for mitt romney, and he's a big winner from last night. martha: there were polls that were emerging and in the last 48 hours really in florida that looked like this game was changing a little bit, that romney -- that ex
i don't own stock in either fannie mae or freddie mac. there are bonds that the investor has held through mutual funds. i know that sound like an enormous revelation, but have you checked your own investments? you also have investments in mutual funds that also invest in freddie mac and fannie mae. martha: that was the moment last night, in every one of these debates there seems to be a moment that lives on, a clearly uncomfortable moment for newt gingrich. joined by doug hye, a form rnc...
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and his consulting work with mortgage giant freddie mac. >> in the 15 years after he left the speakership the speaker has been working as a peddler -- as an influence peddler in washington and during those years i helped turn around the olympics, helped begin a successful turnaround in the state of massachusetts, when i was fighting against cap and trade, the speaker was sitting down with nancy pelosi on a sofa, encouraging it. jon: newt gingrich taking the high road, choosing instead to try to refute romney's charges calmly. >> i think it's pretty clear to say that i have never, ever gone and done any lobbying. in fact we brought it in an expert on lobbying law and trained all of our staff and that expert is prepared to testify that he was brought in to say here's the bright line between what you do as a citizen and lobbyist and we consistently for 12 years, running four small businesses, stayed away from lobbying precisely because i thought this kind of dem a.m.tory and false charges would be made. jon: let's get a debate. with us former howard dean campaign manager and fox news contrib
and his consulting work with mortgage giant freddie mac. >> in the 15 years after he left the speakership the speaker has been working as a peddler -- as an influence peddler in washington and during those years i helped turn around the olympics, helped begin a successful turnaround in the state of massachusetts, when i was fighting against cap and trade, the speaker was sitting down with nancy pelosi on a sofa, encouraging it. jon: newt gingrich taking the high road, choosing instead to...
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to our shock, governor romney owns shares of fannie mae and freddie mac. governor romney made $1 million off of selling that. >> i don't own in stock in either fannie mae or freddie mac. there are bonds the investor held in mutual funds. i know that sounds like an enormous revelation. but have you checked your own investment? you also have investments in mutual funds. that invest in freddie mac and fannie mae. >> bret: your reaction to the exchange? >> a terrible moment for gingrich. putting aside the question of voters are going to relate to this back and forth over who has what investments. >> bret: or a blind trust -- >> not something most voters can relate to. putting it aside, a terrible moment for gingrich. he wasn't ready for it. how could you not have been ready for that? this is something you have attacked for days. it was characteristic of the whole debate. romney was successful not just attacking gingrich in the previous debate but cornering him in many instances. a strong debate for romney in that sense. i want to make a quick point. another re
to our shock, governor romney owns shares of fannie mae and freddie mac. governor romney made $1 million off of selling that. >> i don't own in stock in either fannie mae or freddie mac. there are bonds the investor held in mutual funds. i know that sounds like an enormous revelation. but have you checked your own investment? you also have investments in mutual funds. that invest in freddie mac and fannie mae. >> bret: your reaction to the exchange? >> a terrible moment for...
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mac and fannie mae. >> we discovered to our shock governor romney owes shares of both freddie mac and fannie mae, and maybe governor romney should tell us how much machine he has made off of how many households that have been foreclosed. >> the investments we have made, they have been in mutual funds and bonds. i don't own stock in either freddie mac or many many but have you checked your investments? you also have investments from mutual funds that invest in fannie mae and freddie mac. >> some say that newt gingrich seems less aggressive at times but newt gingrich, today, argues that he was stunned by romney's dishonesty. chris wallace is like in washington this afternoon. stunned by his dishonesty. >>chris: i like your graphics with that. when you go to a carnival and you have a water hose. and you try and put it in, the water not hole, that is what it looks like. >>shepard: you can see that from your station at the basketball hoop? where you operate as a carnie? >>chris: no, it is usually guess your weight. >>shepard: i won'ts go on. >>chris: but in any case, this are two things th
mac and fannie mae. >> we discovered to our shock governor romney owes shares of both freddie mac and fannie mae, and maybe governor romney should tell us how much machine he has made off of how many households that have been foreclosed. >> the investments we have made, they have been in mutual funds and bonds. i don't own stock in either freddie mac or many many but have you checked your investments? you also have investments from mutual funds that invest in fannie mae and freddie...
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. >> speaker gingrich was hired by freddie mac to promote them, to influence other people through the washington, encouraging them to not dismantle the two entities. it was an enormous mistake. we should have had a whistle blower, not a horn tooter. >> joining us, dan henninger and jason right riley and kim. >> the large i can for romney seems fob working. he has a lead in florida in the average of polls. what do you make of what he's been doing? >> good news and bad news about what romney's doing. good news is what he's doing is something he had to do. he had to crack back against gingrich's criticisms of him and he had to do it very well. he is doing it very well. in the debate romney's criticism is showing he's capable of sternly and aggressively going after an opponent. there was no doubt about whether he was do that against obama. the bad news is he's getting down in the muck and mud wrestling with newt gingerich rather than spending time attacking the real opponent, president barack obama, on a whole array of reasons why he should not be reelected. he's telling us newt gingerich
. >> speaker gingrich was hired by freddie mac to promote them, to influence other people through the washington, encouraging them to not dismantle the two entities. it was an enormous mistake. we should have had a whistle blower, not a horn tooter. >> joining us, dan henninger and jason right riley and kim. >> the large i can for romney seems fob working. he has a lead in florida in the average of polls. what do you make of what he's been doing? >> good news and bad...
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that inves inn freddie mac and fannie mae. >> bre your reaction to the exchange? >> a terrible moment for ngririch. putting aside the question of voters are going to rele to this back and forth over who has what invesents. >> bret: or a blind trust -- >> not something mt voters can relate t putting it aside, a terblble moment for gingrich. he wasn't ready for it. how could you not have been ready for that? this is sometng you have attatacked for days it was characteristic of the whole debate. romney was scessl not just attacking gingrich in the previous debate but cornering him in many instaeses. a stron debebate for romney in that sense. wantt toake a quick p point. another reason strong debate for romney for the first time in the whi heot to right of gingrich on a number of issues. beuse e it's florida and gingrich really tried to stake out some ground for political reasons on issues like immigration, l likepacece, he really left himself vnerable to romney attacking him from the e right. thats a big reasonhahat romney wnergize at the debate and energized the cro
that inves inn freddie mac and fannie mae. >> bre your reaction to the exchange? >> a terrible moment for ngririch. putting aside the question of voters are going to rele to this back and forth over who has what invesents. >> bret: or a blind trust -- >> not something mt voters can relate t putting it aside, a terblble moment for gingrich. he wasn't ready for it. how could you not have been ready for that? this is sometng you have attatacked for days it was...
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freddie mac, you know that taxpayer owned mortgage giant? it turns out they're hoping you keep struggling to pay your mortgage because it's money in the bank for them. we'll explain. >> and newt gingrich going all out to try to steal mitt romney's lead. >> what a pathetic situation to be running for the president of the united states with nothing positive to say for yourself. >> the other day -- >> the former speaker joins us live next. i wouldn't do that. get married? no, i wouldn't use that single miles credit card. nice ring. knock it off. ignore him. with the capital one venture card you earn... double miles on every purchase. [ sharon ] 3d is so real larry. i'm right here larry. if you're not earning double miles... you're settling for half. really? a plaid tie? what, are we in prep school? [ male announcer ] get the venture card at capitalone.com and earn double miles on every purchase every day. what's in your wallet? was gonna say that. uh huh... with thermacare heatwraps. thermacare works differently. it's the only wrap with patente
freddie mac, you know that taxpayer owned mortgage giant? it turns out they're hoping you keep struggling to pay your mortgage because it's money in the bank for them. we'll explain. >> and newt gingrich going all out to try to steal mitt romney's lead. >> what a pathetic situation to be running for the president of the united states with nothing positive to say for yourself. >> the other day -- >> the former speaker joins us live next. i wouldn't do that. get married?...
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romney, gingrich was paid by freddie mac and release the information by freddie mac and romney today announced he'll release his tax returns from 2010 as well as an estimate of what his 2011 tax payments should be be. and in an attempt to take what he admits was a distraction and a mistake off the table. newt gingrich has been very potent going after romney for that. the former governor of massachusetts was awkward in his answers handling it and frankly suspicious what he might be concealing. he'll reveal that on tuesday. and rick santorum arrived today and look for a squeeze play on gingrich, and romney will attack gingrich's. >> and as a member of kong when gingrich was speaker, he has begin to full stories why gingrich should not be the presidential nom he knee. and ron paul adjusting his tax particulars and strategies on the ground, governor, basically not going to campaign as aggressively in florida, he doesn't have the type of money or organization to do that and instead he'll bush r push away from primaries and concentrate on caucuses and he thinks his loyal followers will giv
romney, gingrich was paid by freddie mac and release the information by freddie mac and romney today announced he'll release his tax returns from 2010 as well as an estimate of what his 2011 tax payments should be be. and in an attempt to take what he admits was a distraction and a mistake off the table. newt gingrich has been very potent going after romney for that. the former governor of massachusetts was awkward in his answers handling it and frankly suspicious what he might be concealing....
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freddie mac paid newt $30,000. an hour. $1.6 million. >>neil: this is the type of ad that gingrich was explaining early today he thought that romney should disavow although it has nothing to do with ... he felt romney should say the ad was not fair or right but it does damage. >>guest: here's the key. everyone knows the word bargain. i have been here for 96 hours and i probably have talked about maybe 125 people a day, and at least a third use the phrase "baggage," to describe gingrich. they respect him. think he is brilliant but there is that one word that makes them hesitant and in iowa caucus, if there is hesitation, they don't vote for you. >>neil: all right, frank, stay warm. all of that cheering, all of that hoopla and you thought it was just for the candidates, well you would be wrong because the cheers has to do with this fact, less than four hours from now not just the caucus being history, but on fox business our nonstop coverage of that history, the caucuses, and the cash. 8:00 p.m. the only network taking stock of candidates
freddie mac paid newt $30,000. an hour. $1.6 million. >>neil: this is the type of ad that gingrich was explaining early today he thought that romney should disavow although it has nothing to do with ... he felt romney should say the ad was not fair or right but it does damage. >>guest: here's the key. everyone knows the word bargain. i have been here for 96 hours and i probably have talked about maybe 125 people a day, and at least a third use the phrase "baggage," to...
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mitt romney throwing the first barbs over newt gingrich's work at freddie mac a sensitive issue in a state slammed by the housing crisis and responding with a lightning like jab limping romney care with obamacare in a state where everyone obsesses over health care. and, the president putting the finishing touches on a state of the union address in which he will argue when it comes to average folks, republicans, well, they just don't care. nasty enough? my guest southeast -- guest southeast you ain't seen nothing yet. >>guest: like muhammad ali versus frasier beating each other to a pulp. >>neil: you would argue for a long time, say what you will of it, neil, it works, this type of advertising. >>guest: people want to hear this negative advertising and certainly in south carolina they loved it. the more they said about romney the more they loved it. and they didn't vote for him. the fact is that newt gingrich if my opinion can't get elected but, boy, he is causing a great problem. the republican party right now is shooting themselves in the foot. when they are at the top they are shoo
mitt romney throwing the first barbs over newt gingrich's work at freddie mac a sensitive issue in a state slammed by the housing crisis and responding with a lightning like jab limping romney care with obamacare in a state where everyone obsesses over health care. and, the president putting the finishing touches on a state of the union address in which he will argue when it comes to average folks, republicans, well, they just don't care. nasty enough? my guest southeast -- guest southeast you...
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romney's attack on gingrich is about freddie mac. and i think gingrich has to explain what he did for that money. now, that poll you just cited, a lot of it is post debate. and and if you compare that with rasmussen that was predebate romney is moving up and gingrich moving down slightly. but, again, everything depends on what happens tomorrow night. >> bill: another debate tomorrow night. and you have got -- you know, but both of them have a lot more to lose than to gain in the debate. that's the interesting thing. see, gingrich in south carolina, he had nothing to lose. he was going down the tubes. so he could really launch and he did and that turned his whole campaign around. but tomorrow night because it's so close, both of them, i don't know if they are going to be bold and fresh tomorrow night. do you expect them to be? >> well, they better be. if one is then the other isn't. the one who is is going to win. but, let me put florida in perspective. after florida comes -- florida is on tuesday. after florida on saturday comes neva
romney's attack on gingrich is about freddie mac. and i think gingrich has to explain what he did for that money. now, that poll you just cited, a lot of it is post debate. and and if you compare that with rasmussen that was predebate romney is moving up and gingrich moving down slightly. but, again, everything depends on what happens tomorrow night. >> bill: another debate tomorrow night. and you have got -- you know, but both of them have a lot more to lose than to gain in the debate....
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include government mortgage companies fannie mae and freddie mac. fannie and freddie owe the government $150 billion. they continue to lose. committing more government funds to the housing market would likely meet strong criticism among many in washington, shep. >> shepard: rich edson from the biz live on capitol hill. rich, thanks very much. meantime mortgage rates hit another record low today. a great sign for americans who can afford to buy or refinance a home. freddie mac reports the average fixed rated on a 30 year loan fell again to 3.89%. that is the lowist rate in the united states ever. ever on record dating back more than half a century. but mortgage applications are actually down over the past month. retailers are now reporting holiday sales were even better than they expected. november and december sales up about 4% for a total of more than $470 billion. that's according to the national retail federation. the trade group had forecast a gain of only 3.8%. but the overall pace is still worse than in 2010 when holiday sales rose more than a
include government mortgage companies fannie mae and freddie mac. fannie and freddie owe the government $150 billion. they continue to lose. committing more government funds to the housing market would likely meet strong criticism among many in washington, shep. >> shepard: rich edson from the biz live on capitol hill. rich, thanks very much. meantime mortgage rates hit another record low today. a great sign for americans who can afford to buy or refinance a home. freddie mac reports the...
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what was his work product there, what was he doing at freddie mac? because freddie mac figures in very prominently to the fact that people in florida have seen home values go down. >> and that's the other thing, there are a host of issues here in florida, particularly relate today the real estate market and just the business economy that will be both used against mitt romney and newt gingrich and this will be the showdown, neither one can afford to lose her, harris. >> last night we were following online, live chat on foxnews.com and some intensity of reporting for ron paul and rick santorum, a couple more people to talk about at this point. >> ron paul's emphasis on florida, just as in south carolina will be finished. he probably won't here. the paul campaign is making a tactful tactical decision that can be easier to organize and play to his ability to go to his more oil ar dentsly supportive backers. and rick santorum coming in third place in south carolina, he believes gives him an opportunity to campaign forward. watch santorum go aggressively a
what was his work product there, what was he doing at freddie mac? because freddie mac figures in very prominently to the fact that people in florida have seen home values go down. >> and that's the other thing, there are a host of issues here in florida, particularly relate today the real estate market and just the business economy that will be both used against mitt romney and newt gingrich and this will be the showdown, neither one can afford to lose her, harris. >> last night we...
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you said you probably made a mistake in your handling of the issue with freddie mac. i want to give you a chance to explain that. >> after the first debate, i should have recognized how confusing and how clumsy i was and i should have come back. congressman j.c. watts for seven years head of the freddie mac watch committee and he said publicly i never once approached him at all. congressman rick lazio was the chair of the housing sub committee while i was speaker and said i never asked him to do anything for them. i backed all of his reform ideas. the "new york times" said one time i went to the house, i told them to vote no, to vote against giving them any money. the only time, only published article from freddie mac i said they needed more regulation. so i think if we explained that and explained that i didn't get $1,600,000 any more than romney got gross revenue of bain. i got $35,000 a year and the rest went to staff, offices and overhead for all the things a company does. when people look at $35,000 a year and they look at the strategic advice and realize my only
you said you probably made a mistake in your handling of the issue with freddie mac. i want to give you a chance to explain that. >> after the first debate, i should have recognized how confusing and how clumsy i was and i should have come back. congressman j.c. watts for seven years head of the freddie mac watch committee and he said publicly i never once approached him at all. congressman rick lazio was the chair of the housing sub committee while i was speaker and said i never asked...
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freddie mac paid him 30,000 an hour. he teamed up with nancy pelosi on global warming they sponsored a bill that gave 60 million a year to the u.n. program supporting china's brutal one child policy. he supported tax payer funding of some abortions. newt is the only speaker in history to be prep manneded. >> this is about accountability. you challenged that add now we give you a chance to pick it apart and i am going to ask your reaction. >> there are several pieces. let me take the example of the bill i co-sponsored with nance receive pelosi which is bill introduced by a republican from rhode island which dealt with a whole series of issues at a time when ronald reagan mexico city policy said no u.s. money could be spent overseas for abortion. so it was literally false to suggest that i was supporting abortion overseas and it was totally misleading to suggest that it was a gingrich pelosi bill. it was a claude dean snyder bill from rhode island and a generally good government bill. the second the fact is i did not team
freddie mac paid him 30,000 an hour. he teamed up with nancy pelosi on global warming they sponsored a bill that gave 60 million a year to the u.n. program supporting china's brutal one child policy. he supported tax payer funding of some abortions. newt is the only speaker in history to be prep manneded. >> this is about accountability. you challenged that add now we give you a chance to pick it apart and i am going to ask your reaction. >> there are several pieces. let me take the...
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freddie mac paid him 30,000 an hour. he teamed up with nancy pelosi on global warming they sponsored a bill that gave 60 million a year to the u.n. program supporting china's brutal one child policy. he supported tax payer funding of some abortions. newt is the only speaker in history to be prep manneded. >> this is about accountability. you challenged that add now we give you a chance to pick it apart and i am going to ask your reaction. >> there are several pieces. let me take the example of the bill i co-sponsored with nance receive pelosi which is bill introduced by a republican from rhode island which dealt with a whole series of issues at a time when ronald reagan mexico city policy said no u.s. money could be spent overseas for abortion. so it was literally false to suggest that i was supporting abortion overseas and it was totally misleading to suggest that it was a gingrich pelosi bill. it was a claude dean snyder bill from rhode island and a generally good government bill. the second the fact is i did not team
freddie mac paid him 30,000 an hour. he teamed up with nancy pelosi on global warming they sponsored a bill that gave 60 million a year to the u.n. program supporting china's brutal one child policy. he supported tax payer funding of some abortions. newt is the only speaker in history to be prep manneded. >> this is about accountability. you challenged that add now we give you a chance to pick it apart and i am going to ask your reaction. >> there are several pieces. let me take the...
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you also have investments in muttual funds that invest in fannie mae and freddie mac. >> there is more where that came from. there is hedy personal politicings. do you feel that past investments and financial history is relevant? twit us at anhqdc. or hurricane uma: >> in other news, rough waters are threatening the effort to remove the fuel from the cruise ship. if there is a big leak it could damage the marine sanctuary. it has dislodged a dutch barge and used as a fuel platform. waters are predicted to remain rough throughout the weekend. >> leon paneta is revealing new information about the raid last may. a pakistani doctor confirmed bin laden's presence in the compound. they are charging that doctor with trezan in pakistan. he is sure that someone in authority in pakistan had to know that a person of interest was in the hide out but there is no proof that the country knew it was bin laden. and paneta said the country must done it to fight against al-qaida. >> have we defeated al-qaida. no there is still al-qaida out there and we have to put pressure on wherever they are at. >> ten
you also have investments in muttual funds that invest in fannie mae and freddie mac. >> there is more where that came from. there is hedy personal politicings. do you feel that past investments and financial history is relevant? twit us at anhqdc. or hurricane uma: >> in other news, rough waters are threatening the effort to remove the fuel from the cruise ship. if there is a big leak it could damage the marine sanctuary. it has dislodged a dutch barge and used as a fuel platform....
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. >> make sure we understand what is in the work product he was providing to freddie mac. >> at the end of four years it was proven he was a field leader and he had to resign in degrace. >> florida families lost everything the housing crisis, newt gingrich cashed in. >> reporter: rick santorum first in iowa but distant third in south carolina is under pressure to drop out and help gingrich beat romney but has no intention of it knowing full well either could implode. >> what gives you the impression that the other two candidates out there -- as the we're weak and what gives you the impression they can win more than i do. >> he may focus on caucus states. >> it's a long battle in what is a contest for delegates. only 2% has been decided in a race no candidate with clinch from late april at the earliest. gingrich cast romney panic after the palmetto state. >> if you have been campaigning for six years and you see it slip away, you get desperate. when you get desperate you say anything. >> already the gingrich and romney battle since south carolina has intensified in florida. primary is a
. >> make sure we understand what is in the work product he was providing to freddie mac. >> at the end of four years it was proven he was a field leader and he had to resign in degrace. >> florida families lost everything the housing crisis, newt gingrich cashed in. >> reporter: rick santorum first in iowa but distant third in south carolina is under pressure to drop out and help gingrich beat romney but has no intention of it knowing full well either could implode....
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freddie mac is saying it is okay to speak about it. >> we are talk about the people who run the are i have no affiliation. we are talking to see if they would agree. they have to look at their other client relationships. they don't want to end up with the news media coming in every other week bothering another client. that's their decision i have no problem if they are willing to do it. >> bret: we drove to rochester to catch a crowded event for governor romney. we are just about an hour northeast of manchester this is conservative country. it is an area that john mccain carried four years ago. waiting on this romney event, governor romney is getting a bite to eat after two debates in 24 hours this is an organizing thing we are in an opera house here. it is packed. it is not standing room, but it is packed, it is very organized as many romney vents have been with an advance team and set-up on stage. you can see the romney campaign is its legs as it heads towards tuesday and a feeling like it is going to be a good night. the question is how good of a night? the analysis of the last two
freddie mac is saying it is okay to speak about it. >> we are talk about the people who run the are i have no affiliation. we are talking to see if they would agree. they have to look at their other client relationships. they don't want to end up with the news media coming in every other week bothering another client. that's their decision i have no problem if they are willing to do it. >> bret: we drove to rochester to catch a crowded event for governor romney. we are just about an...
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he took 1.6 million from fannie mae and freddie mac. everything in there was truthful advertisements. i don't think he -- >> before i get to susan de delemis. let me go to -- is kelly ann conway here. >> you guys look very warm geraldo. >> all right. now you want to respond to what he said. >> yes, i do. i think that speaker gingrich finally needs to slow down and expose mitt romney. he is super packed for what he is doing. super pack is illegal. we are off work receipts not less. it is so disingenuous and it plays into this narrative about governor romney don't say anything or do anything that he just can't disavow what they are doing to stand up and do what newt did in iowa which is to say anybody involved in my campaign you must be positive, you have to -- >> there's only one reason -- >> i think it shows one soft under belly for governor romney he doesn't want to have a real debate about the issues. why can't we talk about issues and not people. >> let's broad enthis out a little bit now to the aforementioned to the state rep who is
he took 1.6 million from fannie mae and freddie mac. everything in there was truthful advertisements. i don't think he -- >> before i get to susan de delemis. let me go to -- is kelly ann conway here. >> you guys look very warm geraldo. >> all right. now you want to respond to what he said. >> yes, i do. i think that speaker gingrich finally needs to slow down and expose mitt romney. he is super packed for what he is doing. super pack is illegal. we are off work receipts...